Kansas's 33rd Senate district

Kansas's 33rd Senate district is one of 40 districts in the Kansas Senate. It has been represented by Republican Mary Jo Taylor since 2017; Taylor was defeated in the 2020 Republican primary by State Representative Alicia Straub.[2]

Kansas's 33rd
State Senate district
Senator
  Alicia Straub
R–Ellinwood
Demographics84% White
1% Black
12% Hispanic
0% Asian
1% Native American
2% Other
Population (2018)68,480[1]

Geography

District 33 covers a large swath of rural west-central Kansas, including all of Barton, Edwards, Kiowa, Lane, Ness, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Scott, and Stafford Counties as well as parts of Hodgeman and Rice Counties. Communities in the district include Great Bend, Pratt, Larned, Scott City, and Ness City.[3]

The district overlaps with Kansas's 1st and 4th congressional districts, and with the 108th, 109th, 112th, 113th, 117th, and 118th districts of the Kansas House of Representatives.[4]

Recent election results

2020
2020 Kansas Senate election, District 33[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alicia Straub 9,257 59.8
Republican Mary Jo Taylor (incumbent) 6,218 40.2
Total votes 15,475 100
General election
Republican Alicia Straub 26,740 100
Total votes 26,740 100
Republican hold

2016
2016 Kansas Senate election, District 33[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mary Jo Taylor 7,334 51.8
Republican Larry Salmans 6,816 48.2
Total votes 14,150 100
General election
Republican Mary Jo Taylor 21,114 76.6
Democratic Matt Bristow 6,467 23.4
Total votes 27,581 100
Republican hold

2012
2012 Kansas Senate election, District 33[5]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mitch Holmes 7,635 53.0
Republican Ruth Teichman (incumbent) 6,762 47.0
Total votes 14,397 100
General election
Republican Mitch Holmes 23,049 100
Total votes 23,049 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results in District 33
Year Office Results[6][7]
2020 President Trump 79.2 – 18.9%
2018 Governor Kobach 58.0 – 29.5%
2016 President Trump 78.3 – 16.7%
2012 President Romney 76.7 – 21.6%

References
  1. "State Senate District 33, KS". Census Reporter. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  2. "Senator Mary Jo Taylor". Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. "Senate District 33" (PDF). Kansas State Legislature. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  4. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  5. "Kansas State Senate District 33". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  6. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. "2020 Presidential by Legislative District & Most Recent Election Result". CNalysis. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
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